C. Zou

446 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 384 citations indexed

About

C. Zou is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Zou has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 384 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 3 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in C. Zou's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (5 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (2 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (2 papers). C. Zou is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (5 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (2 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (2 papers). C. Zou collaborates with scholars based in China, Austria and Canada. C. Zou's co-authors include Songtao Wu, Xuanjun Yuan, Lianhua Hou, Lin Sun, Baojun Bai, Zhenglian Pang, Shizhen Tao, Xudong Gao, Zhi Yang and Joyce Schmatz and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth-Science Reviews, International Journal of Coal Geology and Water.

In The Last Decade

C. Zou

6 papers receiving 376 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Continuous hydrocarbon accumulation over a large area as a distinguishing characteristic of unconventional petroleum: The Ordos Basin, North-Central China

2013 292 citations C. Zou, Zhi Yang et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. Zou China	4	359	141	127	103	82	7	384
Congsheng Bian China	13	415 1.2×	133 0.9×	138 1.1×	144 1.4×	66 0.8×	35	467
Dishi Shi China	8	340 0.9×	111 0.8×	72 0.6×	109 1.1×	57 0.7×	17	367
Yande Zhao China	9	418 1.2×	137 1.0×	178 1.4×	131 1.3×	63 0.8×	24	465
Jiangxiu Qu China	9	403 1.1×	102 0.7×	104 0.8×	121 1.2×	70 0.9×	25	438
Bincheng Guo China	9	443 1.2×	185 1.3×	187 1.5×	136 1.3×	106 1.3×	23	506
Dingye Zheng China	12	358 1.0×	157 1.1×	163 1.3×	76 0.7×	42 0.5×	21	396
Siyuan Su China	13	369 1.0×	132 0.9×	98 0.8×	86 0.8×	66 0.8×	21	421
Bingbing Shi China	12	384 1.1×	126 0.9×	124 1.0×	123 1.2×	118 1.4×	33	443
Ming Guan China	11	361 1.0×	137 1.0×	129 1.0×	85 0.8×	65 0.8×	21	397

Countries citing papers authored by C. Zou

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. Zou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Zou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. Zou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. Zou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. Zou. C. Zou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Zou, C., et al.. (2025). Geological characteristics and controlling factors of deep tight gas sandstone reservoirs in the Upper Paleozoic of the western Ordos Basin, northwest China. Frontiers in Earth Science. 13. 1 indexed citations

2.

Zou, C., et al.. (2024). Scale Effects of Landscape Patterns on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution in Yanshan River Basin, Guilin, China. Water. 16(17). 2472–2472.

3.

Huang, J., Rongrong Yin, Wei Zhou, et al.. (2024). Prototype design of a Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor for the Electron-ion collider in China. Journal of Instrumentation. 19(2). C02042–C02042. 3 indexed citations

4.

Wei, Guoqi, Jiapei Du, C. Zou, et al.. (2020). The Anyue Giant Gas Field in the Sichuan Basin as the Largest Gas Field in Marine Carbonate Deposits from Domestic China. Russian Geology and Geophysics. 61(9). 1015–1027. 3 indexed citations

5.

Misch, David, Brian Horsfield, Jop Klaver, et al.. (2019). Solid bitumen in shales: Petrographic characteristics and implications for reservoir characterization. International Journal of Coal Geology. 205. 14–31. 83 indexed citations

6.

Zou, C., Zhi Yang, Shizhen Tao, et al.. (2013). Continuous hydrocarbon accumulation over a large area as a distinguishing characteristic of unconventional petroleum: The Ordos Basin, North-Central China. Earth-Science Reviews. 126. 358–369. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zou, C., et al.. (2012). A fractal model for hydrocarbon resource assessment with an application to the natural gas play of volcanic reservoirs in Songliao Basin, China. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 60(3). 166–185. 2 indexed citations

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